WISE

From WIdening to urban Sustainability innovation and Excellence

Objectives

WISE is set to:

• Raise scientific excellence & knowledge valorisation. WISE implements institutional reforms targeting CoARA implementation and RMA professionalization in 6-7 HEIs by 2030, while introducing a foresight-driven governance to align roadmaps that anticipate emerging R&I trends.
• Improve global competitiveness & visibility of HEIs by creating critical mass in urban sustainability. WISE runs 3 cross-border/-sectoral seed projects engaging 12 partners and delivering ≥6 OA publications, ≥9 KERs and a strong pipeline of EU proposals. It also fosters lasting cooperation across academia, industry, public authorities and civil society by formalizing a Community of Practice connecting HEIs to local, regional, national and international R&I ecosystems.
• Improve researchers careers. WISE promotes transferable skills and balanced talent circulation via a Skills Academy with 39 training modules and 16 mobility schemes for ≥900 staff. It also embeds fair research assessment, diversity, gender equality, inclusiveness and open science, FAIR-data management, OA publishing and citizen-science engagement.

WISE stands as a scalable blueprint for transforming Widening HEIs into excellence-driven, globally connected institutions, enabling equitable collaboration and developing balanced, resilient knowledge ecosystems that advance the objectives of WIDERA.